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Dive Brief:
- Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores recently opened five new Speedco truck repair centers, the company announced Thursday.
- In addition to these new builds, the convenience retailer also upgraded two of the maintenance stores already in its network. All together, these new and revamped sites add 23 service locations and 10 service trucks to Love’s network.
- The five new builds are half as many as expected 10 Speedco sites Love’s plans to add as part of its 2024 expansion plans.
Dive Insight:
While the convenience store industry continued to face certain supply chain constraints which are still pushing schedules for construction and renovation works, Love’s is making good speed in its Speedco expansion.
In addition to the 10 repair centers, Love’s plans to build up to 25 new travel centers and renovate 35 to 40 others.
Speedco’s new locations are located in Nogales, Arizona. St. Augustine, Florida; Michigan City, Indiana; Picayune, Mississippi; and Watertown, New York. The renovated locations are located in Waco, Georgia and Canton, Mississippi.
Love’s truck care network offers tire, oil, light mechanical, roadside service and DOT inspections for professional drivers and fleets. In addition, Love’s Truck Care and Speedco are the exclusive provider of warranty repair and recall services for Freightliner and international trucks.
As the travel center company continues to build out its offerings for professional guides, Love’s has also added driving license protection service TVC Pro-Driver in its portfolio in 2023.
Oklahoma City-based Love’s has 640 locations in 42 states, along with more than 400 Speedco and Love’s Truck Care locations that include more than 1,300 service bays and 900 service trucks on the road.